BS: They're stealing already

Subject: BS: They're stealing already
From: Bert
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 03:04 PM

And they aren't even in office yet.

here

...The campaign Web site had featured "McCain Family Recipes" including Passion Fruit Mousse, Ahi Tuna with Napa Cabbage Slaw and Farfalle Pasta with Turkey Sausage, Peas and Mushrooms, all seemingly identical to Food Network recipes...

Subject: RE: BS: They're stealing already
From: GUEST,Jack the Sailor
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 03:07 PM

A multimillionaire, with all kinds of staff, no doubt including a cook or two, stealing recipes from a TV website. It boggles the mind.

Subject: RE: BS: They're stealing already
From: CarolC
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 03:12 PM

Sounds like a bunch of elitist food to me.


;-P

Subject: RE: BS: They're stealing already
From: Dave'sWife
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 03:22 PM

I saw that on the Huffington Post and laughed myself silly. Who in their right mind steals recipes from freakin' Rachel Ray? What, didn't they ever here of Nigella Lawson who is both sexy and a good cook?? I mean, if you're gonna lift a recipe or two and cliam it runs in your family, you';re gonna steal fake froo-froo food recipes?

What makes it even funnier is his campiagn submitted the fake McCain recipe for Passion Fruit Mousse to a Newspaper featuring a recipe from Michelle Obama and Hilary Clinton. Their recipes looked normal for time-pressed women. Didn't the intern know about Sandra Lee and Semi-Homade? They could have faked it better.

heck, they could have come here and lifted my Porter Cake recipe that was adjusted for Irish-American tastebuds and shopping habits. At least it's Irish! (note to self - send Cindy a handwritten copy of my recipe and a "so sorry you didn't get away with it"card)

Subject: RE: BS: They're stealing already
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 03:30 PM

How many would it have taken to lift the cake, DW? ;-D

Subject: RE: BS: They're stealing already
From: Dave'sWife
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 04:00 PM

oh you are so droll George Papavgeris! If they added the correct amount of leavening, only 2 unpaid interns could lift it. if not, 4 plus one salaried supervisor.

(Lift = steal: Dave's Wife has posted her porter cake recipe on Mudcat four or five times but only occasionally refers to herself in the 3rd person)

Subject: RE: BS: They're stealing already
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 05:46 PM

Sent to me at work today...

Biscuit Recipe



This is a true story. Please forward when you finish reading!



A little background:



Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, is a very expensive boutique shop (they sell a typical $8.00 T-shirt for $50.00)



My daughter and I had just finished lunch at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe in Dallas, USA. Because both of us are such biscuit lovers, we decided to try the "Neiman-Marcus cookie". It was so excellent that I asked if they would give me the recipe. The waitress said with a small frown, "I'm afraid not, but you can buy the recipe."





I asked how much, and she responded; "Only two fifty - it's a great deal"



I agreed to that, and told her to add it to my bill.



Thirty days later, I got my Visa statement, and the Neiman-Marcus charge was $285. I looked at it again, and I remembered I had only spent $9.95 for two sandwiches and about $20 for a scarf. At the bottom of the statement, it said, "Cookie Recipe - $250.00". That was outrageous!



I called Neiman's Accounting Department and told them the waitress had said it was "two fifty", which clearly does not mean "two hundred and fifty dollars" by any reasonable interpretation of the phrase. Neiman-Marcus refused to budge. They would not refund my money because according to them; "What the waitress told you is not our problem. You have already seen the recipe. We absolutely will not refund your money.



I explained to the Accounting Department lady the criminal statutes which govern fraud in the state of Texas. I threatened to report them to the Better Business Bureau and The Texas Attorney General's office. I was basically told: Do what you want. Don't bother thinking of how you can get even, and don't bother trying to get any of your money back"



I said, OK, you've got my $250, and now I'm going to have $250 worth of fun. I told her that I was going to see to it that every cookie lover in the world with an e-mail account gets a $250 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus for free. She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do that." I said, "Well, perhaps you should have thought of that before you RIPPED ME OFF!" and slammed down the phone.



So here it is! Please pass it on to everyone you can possibly think of. I paid $250 for this, and I don't want Neiman-Marcus to EVER make another penny from this recipe!





NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved as this makes heaps)



2 (500 ml) cups butter

680 g chocolate chips

4 (1000 ml) cups flour

2 (500 ml) cups brown sugar

2 tsp. (10 ml) Bicarbonate of soda

1 tsp. (5 ml) salt

2 (500 ml) cups sugar

500 g Grated Cadbury chocolate

5 (1250 ml) cups blended oatmeal

4 eggs

2 tsp. (10 ml) baking powder

2 tsp. (10 ml) vanilla

3 cups (375 ml) chopped nuts (optional)



Measure oatmeal, and blend in a blender to a fine powder. Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and bicarbonate of soda. Add chocolate chips, grated Chocolate and nuts. Roll into balls, and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees (180 C).



The above quantities make 112 cookies. Enjoy!







PLEASE KEEP THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS!



This is not a joke-it's a true story.

Subject: RE: BS: They're stealing already
From: Donuel
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 05:54 PM

Must McCain repeat it a million times? He has said it again and again that Obama is the elitist!

John is just a good ol boy.

Subject: RE: BS: They're stealing already
From: Peace
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 05:57 PM

People who need recipes to cook shouldn't be allowed near hot stoves or sharp knives. IMO.

Subject: RE: BS: They're stealing already
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 06:04 PM

Sorry, Snopes says the Nieman-Marcus cookie recipe story is an urban legend: click, with a long and folkloric history.

~ Becky in Tucson

Subject: RE: BS: They're stealing already
From: SINSULL
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 07:36 PM

Yes I have heard the same story about a different cookie (Mrs. Field's maybe?). It was circulating BEFORE there was a viable internet.

Subject: RE: BS: They're stealing already
From: RangerSteve
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 07:41 PM

Yeah, it's common knowledge that the above story is a fake, and yes, it's been told about both Neiman-Marcus and Mrs. Fields.

Subject: RE: BS: They're stealing already
From: Amos
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 07:47 PM

And has floated about for a good twenty years....



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Subject: RE: BS: They're stealing already
From: Sorcha
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 08:24 PM

Yea...I got that cookie e mail years ago. Gee, you want Real Family Recipes??? Just ask me, LOL!

Subject: RE: BS: They're stealing already
From: Bert
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 10:08 PM

...People who need recipes to cook shouldn't be allowed near hot stoves or sharp knives. IMO. ...

Well said Peace, it's worth repeating.

Subject: RE: BS: They're stealing already
From: Dave'sWife
Date: 28 Apr 08 - 10:04 AM

The cookie recipe story is actually a modern varient of the Red Velvet Cake Urban legend and they usually blamed it on The Waldorf Astoria which never even served Red Velvet Cake.

The Jan Harold Brunvand series of books on Urban legends are really entertaining and cover most of these. The first one is called The Vanishing Hitchiker, and there are 4 more I believe. I know the titles of two more - the Mexican pet and The Choking Doberman. The latter is a pretty horrifying urban legend with alleged links all the way back to Gelert the faithful wolfhound

Subject: RE: BS: They're stealing already
From: GUEST,Fantasma
Date: 28 Apr 08 - 01:11 PM

My Russian sister-in-law makes a kick ass Red Velvet Cake, from a recipe she alleges is from Saveur magazine, which cites a Brooklyn bakery as the source.

When they vacationed in North Carolina last fall, she sampled some fancy restaurant versions of it (she loves the stuff), but claimed not to like it as well as her recipe.

So what would the difference in ingredients be, I wonder?

Subject: RE: BS: They're stealing already
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 28 Apr 08 - 02:21 PM

Back in the '80s Nancy Reagan (President Ronald Reagan's wife) caught hell (deservedly) for sending out a Reagan family favorite recipe that anyone would have to be in an upper tax bracket to afford to serve.

The difference being that Americans KNEW that the president and his wife were totally out of touch with the reality of most Americans.

Linn

Subject: RE: BS: They're stealing already
From: GUEST,Fantasma
Date: 28 Apr 08 - 05:47 PM

So, this isn't *really* a thread about red velvet cake recipes, is it?